Montana court filing system part of nationwide ‘data breach’

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 585

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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The Montana Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that the court’s backup data files were part of a nationwide breach earlier this year.

Chief Justice Cory Swanson said in a press release that the Montana Office of Court Administrator was alerted by the company Thomson Reuters of unauthorized access to the files in the company’s C-Track case management system and electronic filing system used by the state’s court system.

The state’s …

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